We live in a 1776 moment today. Thomas Jefferson was 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. The American Revolution was led by the next generation for a reason. Then as now ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution, choosing sides ... from camp to die or heal on their own. King survived, and rejoined General Cornwallis' troops at ...

That’s a legacy worth recalling this July 4. Ten years before the American Revolution, Charles Pratt, the chief justice of Common Pleas in Great Britain, took to the floor of the House of Lords ...

In 1776, on that same date, our nation’s founding fathers, including Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, met with British representatives to try to end the Revolutionary War. Though unsuccessful ...

The Arkansas Society for the Sons of the American Revolution has started placing granite markers at the graves in honor of ...

On this day in 1776, a fire broke out and burned down much of Manhattan shortly after the British took the city during the Revolutionary War. View this collection of videos to learn about the ...

The deep roots of debt relief activism in the United States. A crowd outside Minneapolis’s Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank ...

1776 - American Revolution. 1807 - Percussion-detonating principle patented. 1825 ca. - Percussion-cap guns are in general use. 1830 - The back action lock appears. 1835 - The first Colt revolver.

He served until the ties with the church and the crown were severed in 1776. Following the Revolutionary War, the Board of Visitors wished ... Although the board's reply to Washington has not survived ...

According to Americanflags.com the pine tree on the flag symbolized strength and resilience in the New England colonies while ...

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